republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-151.md

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Bill	Energy, Department of; building standards for certain local buildings.	Department of Energy; building standards forcertain local buildings. Requires the Department of Energy to provide technical assistance to localities, subject to availablebudgetary resources, as localities implement mandates related toenergy and resilience standards for construction or renovation ofcertain public buildings. The bill also requires the Department toconduct an annual survey of localities to obtain information on relatedactivities and to identify the needs of localities with respect totechnical assistance and training. The bill also makes several technicaland clarifying changes to the existing statute, in part by definingor redefining existing terms found in the statute.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 151	Virginia HB 151 (2024)	bill		enacted	Dan I. Helmer	5	34	7	2024-01-02	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/e587eed7-4cd1-4e5e-9801-ffcd8e8f6c5d	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB151	fb5bde8a7102b2f36499cd1ddcc7f79c3b67753fd0cc7c991da565b4ac2d43cf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 151 (2024) — Energy, Department of; building standards for certain local buildings.

Department of Energy; building standards forcertain local buildings. Requires the Department of Energy to provide technical assistance to localities, subject to availablebudgetary resources, as localities implement mandates related toenergy and resilience standards for construction or renovation ofcertain public buildings. The bill also requires the Department toconduct an annual survey of localities to obtain information on relatedactivities and to identify the needs of localities with respect totechnical assistance and training. The bill also makes several technicaland clarifying changes to the existing statute, in part by definingor redefining existing terms found in the statute.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. CHAP0687 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24105608D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB151EH1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB151ER (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101918D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with substitute (17-Y 4-N) — 17–4 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) — 10–5 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) — 53–44 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (20-Y 19-N) — 20–19 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dan I. Helmer — primary (person)
• Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
• Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101918D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-02 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-15 Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) substitution
• 2024-01-23 Reported from General Laws with substitute (17-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-23 Committee substitute printed 24105608D-H1 substitution
• 2024-01-25 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-25 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-26 Committee substitute agreed to 24105608D-H1 substitution
• 2024-01-26 Amendment by Delegate Helmer agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-01-26 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB151EH1 substitution
• 2024-01-26 Printed as engrossed 24105608D-EH1
• 2024-01-29 Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-29 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) passage
• 2024-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-01-30 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB151EH1)
• 2024-02-14 Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-14 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-27 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Passed Senate (20-Y 19-N) passage
• 2024-03-05 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-05 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB151ER) passage
• 2024-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB151ER)
• 2024-03-05 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 687 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0687)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e587eed7-4cd1-4e5e-9801-ffcd8e8f6c5d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).